Homalocnemis is a genus of flies which is placed in a family of its own, the Homalocnemidae. There are about seven species in the genus found in the Afrotropical, Neotropical, and Australasian regions, suggestive of a Gondwanan origin. The genus was formerly considered a primitive empidoid and placed variously in the Hybotidae or in the empidid subfamily Brachystomatinae. They are recognized by their wing venation which includes a long anal cell and a long basal segment of the antennal style.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Suborder: | Brachycera |
Infraorder: | Asilomorpha |
Superfamily: | Empidoidea |
Family: | Homalocnemidae Collin, 1928 |
Genus: | Homalocnemis Philippi, 1865 |
Type species | |
Homalocnemis nigripennis Philippi, 1865
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Species in the genus include:[1]
- New Zealand
- H. adelensis (Miller, 1913)
- H. inexpleta Collin, 1928
- H. perspicua (Hutton, 1901)
- H. maculipennis Malloch, 1932
- Namibia
- H. namibiensis Chvála, 1991[2]
- Chile
- H. praesumpta Collin, 1928
- H. nigripennis Philippi, 1865
References
edit- ^ Smith, Kenneth G.V. (2008). "Subfamily Empidoidea". In Evenhuis, Neal (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of Australasia and Oceania. pp. 382–392.
- ^ Chvála, Milan (1991). "First record of the relict Gondwanan genus Homalocnemis Philippi (Diptera: Empididae) from Namibia and the Afrotropical Region". Annals of the Natal Museum. 32 (1): 13–18.